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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
2015
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection report cancer is the
leading cause of death by disease among U.S. children between infancy and age 15. This tragic disease is
detected in nearly 15,000 of our country's young people each and every year; and
WHEREAS, one in five of our nation's children loses his or her battle with cancer. Many infants,
children and teens will suffer from long-term effects of comprehensive treatment, including secondary cancers;
and
WHEREAS, founded over twenty years ago by Steven Firestein, a member of the philanthropic Max
Factor cosmetics family, the American Cancer Fund for Children, Inc. and Kids Cancer Connection, Inc. are
dedicated to helping these children and their families; and
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection provide a variety of
vital patient psychosocial services to children undergoing cancer treatment at North Carolina Children's
Hospital in Chapel Hill, Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, as well as participating hospitals throughout
the country, thereby enhancing the quality of life for these children and their families; and
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection also sponsor
Courageous Kid Recognition Award ceremonies, community get well cards and hospital celebrations in honor
of a child's determination and bravery to fight the battle against childhood cancer;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim September 2015 as "CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" in North Carolina, and
commend its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand and
fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.
Governor